The map shows the extent of the museum - 350 acres!
This barrel organ was filmed from the top of a tram so it's a little wonky!
As Satoshi was filming the barrel organ, I was filming this inchworm on the back of the person in front of me on the tram!
These people were lined up outside the lolly shop!
This building is Pockerley Old Hall. The left section is Pockerley New House which represents the home of a relatively wealthy tenant farmer and his family in the 1820s. The right side of the building is Pockerley Old House which represents a house in the 1440s.
Part of the garden of Pockerley Old Hall
These must have been rooms for servants as they are much smaller than the other bedrooms.
Not a bad view!
The photos above are of Pockerley New House while those below are Pockerley Old House
A bed in a cupboard? Satoshi thought it might be so that the doors could be kept shut during the day. Who knows?
A view of the Beamish "Puffing Billy", a replica of a locomotive built in 1813.
A contented pig, I'd say!
The pigs had a stone sty in which to live.
This is St Helen's Church which used to be located at Eston. It was taken down, stone by stone, and rebuilt at Beamish. It opened in 2015. Some of the building dates from the 1100s.
These are rare Georgian "box" pews.
The font looked very ancient
The sanctuary
The lectern
This photo shows the state of the church before it was moved. It had been threatened with demolition because of vandalism. What a job it must have been to move it and restore it.
Something drew me to the books within this cabinet...
...there was just something about them!
This house is only 6 years old and is known as the Quilter's Cottage. Clicking on the link will take you to the story of the cottage - it's worth having a look!
Quilter's Cottage- interior
The cottage was constructed in the traditional way with hand tools and no nails or screws. Instead, pieces of dowel are used.
It took 98 hours to sew this quilt by hand in the traditional way.
"Puffing Billy" in action
The shops were stocked with items one would expect to find at the relevant time and place.
There was a garage
A very useful machine for a bakery, I'm sure!
Inside the bank vault
I can remember "Swan" ink!
Our turn for the lolly shop!
I can remember visiting the old Rowntree factory in Melbourne many years ago. They were still using machines very similar to this to polish the "Smarties"!
Inside the music teacher's house
The music teacher's house (all the others in the row were open as well, depicting homes of people such as a dentist and a barrister).
The doorbell was a little anachronistic!
There was a fun fair!
Rowley Station was moved here from, not surprisingly, Rowley. It was built in 1867. We were too late to enjoy the short ride available on the steam engine here.
Something gave us the idea that we should be leaving. We caught the last tram to the exit! Note the wonderful blue sky!
Later that night. we attended the concert
mentioned yesterday, the details of which are below.
Unfortunately, the only tickets we could get were right at the
back of the cathedral and they seemed to be miles away from the
action. The concert was very good but our seats were not ideal
so we could not hear clearly, but it was still enjoyable.
We were a long way from the choir and orchestra!
It was 9:40pm and it wasn't quite dark!
This celebration of the Coronation was particularly effective in the evening light.
The end of another great day!